In the first half of the 1930s, the Arabs of the Land of Israel anxiously followed the demographic growth and the strengthening of the economic and political status of the Jewish settlement, they feared the possibility that the Land of Israel would become the "national home" for the Jews. The aggressive foreign policy of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy encouraged the Arabs in general, and the Arabs of Israel in particular, to see the German settlers as potential allies in the struggle against the Jewish settlement and the British government. In the spring of 1936, the Arab revolt against the British broke out, followed by a six-month strike. The German settlers were granted status... | In the first half of the 1930s, the Arabs of the Land of Israel anxiously followed the demographic growth and the strengthening of the economic and political status of the Jewish settlement, they feared the possibility that the Land of Israel would become the "national home" for the Jews. The aggressive foreign policy of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy encouraged the Arabs in general, and the Arabs of Israel in particular, to see the German settlers as potential allies in the struggle against the Jewish settlement and the British government. In the spring of 1936, the Arab revolt against the British broke out, followed by a six-month strike. The German settlers were granted status... |